Unable to clone zone on solaris11 (MAC address is already in use )

Question

I have an x86 box running solaris11_FCS which I want to use for cloning zones. I have a 'gold' zone with my exact setup (mysql/tomcat + java application) and I want to be able to clone this so that I can preserve the 'gold' zone and mess around with the clones knowing I can recreate them at will
I created 2 vnics (one for my gold zone and one for a new clone)
root>dladm create-vnic -l net0 vnic1
root>dladm create-vnic -l net0 vnic2
root>dladm show-vnic
LINK OVER SPEED MACADDRESS MACADDRTYPE VID
vnic1 net0 1000 2:8:20:78:4f:ba random 0
vnic2 net0 1000 2:8:20:6f:87:53 random 0
// Here is the configuration of my gold zone (created and up&running)
root>zonecfg -z gold-z1 export
create -b
set zonepath=/zones/gold-z1
set brand=solaris
set autoboot=true
set ip-type=exclusive
add anet
set linkname=net0
set lower-link=auto
set configure-allowed-address=false
set link-protection=mac-nospoof
set mac-address=2:8:20:18:e1:98
end
//I have created the clone as follows :-
root>zonecfg -z gold-z1 export -f /zones/new-z2-profile
// I have edited 'new-z2-profile' to make approp adjustments
// here is the configuration of the clone
root>zonecfg -z new-z2 export
create -b
set zonepath=/zones/new-z2
set brand=solaris
set autoboot=true
set ip-type=exclusive
add anet
set linkname=net0
set lower-link=auto
set configure-allowed-address=false
set link-protection=mac-nospoof
set mac-address=2:8:20:6f:87:53
end
root>
// I created "/zones/new-z2-template.xml" using "sysconfig create-profile" command on gold-z1
root>zonecfg -z new-z2 -f /zones/new-z2-profile
root>zoneadm -z new-z2 clone -c /zones/new-z2-template.xml gold-z1
/// when I try and boot the clone, I get an error
root>zoneadm -z new-z2 boot
zone 'new-z2': failed to create vnic for vnic1: MAC address is already in use
zoneadm: zone 'new-z2': call to zoneadmd failed
root>
what does this error mean? The 2 vnics have different MAC addresses (see output from dladm above) ??
Also - how can I take the image from my 'gold' zone and install a zone on a separate machine from that image?

Answer 1

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